“Thank you, Ma’am. That would suit me all right.”
“And how about your aviation training? When do you begin that?”
“It’s uncertain. I did expect to start for Wilmington next week, but matters are delayed by a screw loose in some of the red tape, and it may be a couple of weeks before I start.”
“What? I didn’t know you thought of going,” put in Patty, surprised.
“Yes, I’ve settled the preliminaries and I’m waiting further orders.”
“Going to Wilmington? Why, we won’t see you any more, then.”
“You don’t seem terribly upset over that! But, you will see me, I’m afraid. Wilmington is not so very far off, and the course is neither long nor strenuous. Why, it only takes about four months in all.”
“And then will you really fly? Up in the air, in big machines?”
“Such is my firm belief, Mademoiselle.”
“And will you fall and break your neck? They say they all do.”